As part of the partial lockdown being implemented by the Andhra Pradesh government, the state's authorities have decided to seal its borders with Telangana between 12 noon and 6:00 am every day in an attempt to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Vehicles will only be allowed into Andhra Pradesh between 6:00 am and 12:00 pm. However, ambulances, goods vehicles, doctors' vehicles, and persons travelling from Gannavaram Airport have been exempted from the curfew.
A GO issued by the Jagan regime reveals that this state of affairs will continue till May 18.
As part of these restrictions, the state's police have also imposed Section 144 at the Grikepadu border check-post near Kodad in Suryapet district, at the Pondugula board check-post near Wadapally, and at the Macherla check-post near Nagarjuna Sagar in Nalgonda district.
The decision to close down the borders has led to a huge amount of vehicular congestion jam on either side of each of the three borders.
This curfew was announced after AP recorded 23,920 new Covid-19 cases and 83 fatalities on Sunday. The state currently has 1.4 lakh active cases.
Meanwhile, the Jagan regime has been facing endless rebuke for its
"reckless" decision to go ahead with SSC and intermediate exams in May, even when the state, as well as the rest of India, are in the middle of the second wave of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.